What is osmosis?

Q: What makes up a Plasma Membrane?

A: The outer most layer of the cells is known as plasma membrane. It helps in separating the interior…

Q: What happens to cells if they are exposed to isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic solutions?

A: Transportation of various substances between the plasma membrane is a common phenomenon. The process…

Q: What is Facilitated Diffusion?

A: Diffusion can be defined as the movement of the substance from an area of high concentration to an…

Q: What does extracellular fluid contain?

A: The body water consists of extracellular fluid (ECF) and intracellular fluid, which play essential…

Q: What is extracellular fluid made up of?

A: Extracellular fluid denotes all types of body fluids found outside the cellular environment in all…

Q: What is the function of Integral membrane proteins?

A: Introduction:- Integral membrane proteins are found in the bilayer membranes that surround cells and…

Q: What factors stiffen the plasma membrane? What makes it more fluid?

A: The plasma membrane is the outer covering of the cell that separates the internal cellular…

Q: what is the relevance of osmosis to cellular homeostasis?

A: Osmosis is the movement of water along the concentration gradient that is from its higher…

Q: What do you mean by osmosis?

A: The movement of materials in living beings is governed by two types of transport, active and…

Q: What is the importance of diffusion and osmosis in living organisms and the ecosystem?

A: The process in which a molecule moves from a high concentration area to a low concentration area is…

Q: Why does osmosis occur?

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. The cell membrane is an integral component of the cell. Cell…

Q: What are the structures of the Plasma Membrane?

A: INTRODUCTION Plasma membrane The plasma membrane is also called cell membrane which separate the…

Q: What is membrane fluidity?

A: Membrane can be defined as the thin layer which surrounds the living cell. The internal components…

Q: How does water move across a plasma membrane?

A: The biological membrane found in all living cells that separates the internal structure of the cell…

Q: What is the plasma membrane and its structure?

A: The cells are the basic structural, biological, and functional unit of all known living organisms.…

Q: What do the Lysosomes consist of?

A: Lysosome are membrane-bound cell organelle which are involved with various cell processes. These…

Q: Why is the cell membrane negatively charged?

A: The plasma membrane or cell membrane is the membrane found in all cells that separates the interior…

Q: What are integral membrane proteins?

A: Membrane proteins A membrane protein is a protein molecule that is attached to, or associated with…

Q: What determines osmosis between body compartments?

A: It is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a…

Q: What is Exocytosis?

A: Cell transports are the movements of substances through the cell membrane. The material has the…

Q: What chemical substances compose the plasma membrane?

A: The plasma membrane is a thin, flexible barrier that separates the interior of a cell from its…

Q: What is osmolarity?

A: Osmolarity is a term that is of higher clinical significance. There are many other similar terms…

Q: Which is the reverse process of osmosis?

A: Osmosis Osmosis is a special case of diffusion. Osmosis can be defined as the process where water…

Q: What are some examples of biological activities in which osmosis plays an important role?

A: Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from solution with lower solute concentration (hypotonic…

Q: What is active transport?

A: The cell membrane is thin, elastic, flexible covering that holds the cellular contents. It is also…

Q: What is the purpose of osmosis and diffusion lab ?

A: Osmosis and diffusion both are very important for living organisms. The transportation of different…

Q: How does active transport differ from osmosis?

A: Active transport is the movement of molecules across a membrane from lower concentration to higher…

Q: What is Reverse osmosis? How is it different from regular osmosis? what are its application?

A: Osmosis It is a simple process in which solvent molecules move semipermeable membrane from lower…

Q: What types of molecules pass easily through the plasma membrane?

A: Plasma membrane plays important role in cell function and in the life process of living organisms.…

Q: What is the function of pressure in osmosis?

A: Movement of molecules or ions across various biological membranes of the cell is a common phenomenon…

Q: What is the importance of plasma membrane ?

A: Cell is a structural and functional unit of living organisms. Several cells joined together to form…

Q: What is endocytosis?

A: A foreign substance that invades the body and activates the immune system to release antibodies…

Q: Which are the two classes of membrane proteins?

A: Proteins are one of the most important biomolecules on the planet. They are used as structural…

Q: How many layers of phospholipids make up the plasma membrane?

A: The plasma membrane, which is known as the cell membrane, is the membrane found in all cells that…

Q: What does Temperature do to the osmosis process?

A: Introduction  The movement of water molecules from a low-solute-concentration area to a…

Q: 14. (a) Define osmosis and diffusion.

A: Cell membrane are important part of cell structure and they help regulate materials going in and out…

Q: What is the significance of plasma membrane?

A: Plasma membrane or cell membrane covers the cell. It is composed of lipid bilayer and proteins…

Q: How does osmosis work in the three body fluid compartments?

A: Osmosis in the Three Body Fluid Compartments: The transport of a solvent through a semi-permeable…

Q: What are the chemical substances that compose the plasma membrane?

A: Plasma membrane is the outermost layer in cells. It separates the content of cell from their…

Q: In which fluid cells are suspended?

A: Cells are the fundamental, functional unit of life. The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke. All…

Q: How does water move via osmosis?

A: Transportation: It is a process to distribute minerals, food, and water to all parts of the plant.…

Q: What are  hypertonic and hypotonic solutions?

A: Hypertonic solutions have solute concentration higher than another solution. It is a term used to…

Q: What is the role of carbohydrates in the plasma membrane?

A: The membrane of cell (plasma membrane) is essential for the life of the cell. The plasma membrane of…

Q: What is Endoplasmic Reticulum?

A: The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a continuous membrane structure within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic…